RE: good foods that have bad effects

[Guest guest]

I believe we should be cautious about assuming any food is completely safe at

any dose.

People have died from drinking too much water!

It is more important to monitor high side red lines for fat soluble vitamins and

nutrients

since they tend to accumulate in the body.

I would be inclined to approach all things from how little do I need.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: radioreceiver2003 [mailto:radioreceiver2003@...]

Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:08 AM

Subject: [ ] good foods that have bad effects

Hi,

One of the values of this support group is the ability to ask

questions and get informed answers about nutrition.

My current question is:

What foods, which generally have overwhelmingly good benefits, can

have some negative effects as well.

I have read about some of these situations:

1. green tea causes a reduction of folate acid

2. red wine (and alcohol, in general) also causes a reduction in

folate acid.

3. Cruciferous vegetables reduce the amount of iodine in the body

4. grapefruit can cause severe reactions on some individuals taking

some forms of medication (ie. some blood pressure medicine, viagra,

and a few other common medicines)

Are these situations true? And, how pronounced are the effects?

Are there other examples?

Rad

[Guest guest]

Grapefruit does react with HTN meds (negates the drug efficacy), real licorice is known to raise BP. Check Medline for data:

example:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search & DB=pubmed

regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: radioreceiver2003

Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:07 AM

Subject: [ ] good foods that have bad effects

Hi,One of the values of this support group is the ability to ask questions and get informed answers about nutrition.My current question is:What foods, which generally have overwhelmingly good benefits, can have some negative effects as well.I have read about some of these situations:1. green tea causes a reduction of folate acid2. red wine (and alcohol, in general) also causes a reduction in folate acid.3. Cruciferous vegetables reduce the amount of iodine in the body4. grapefruit can cause severe reactions on some individuals taking some forms of medication (ie. some blood pressure medicine, viagra, and a few other common medicines)Are these situations true? And, how pronounced are the effects?Are there other examples? Rad